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		<title>Mike Honda Celebrates Ruling Against Prop 8</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/07/mike-honda-celebrates-ruling-against-prop-8/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/07/mike-honda-celebrates-ruling-against-prop-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court.  Supporters of the discriminatory law still have the opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court, however.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Which Senators Will Respect Marriage For All Americans?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/07/14/which-senators-will-respect-marriage-for-all-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/07/14/which-senators-will-respect-marriage-for-all-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Respect for Marriage Act seeks to reunite marriage law across the United States, so that a couple that gets married in New York can know that they'll remain married while they take a trip down to Florida.  The legislation would provide for the recognition of a couple's marriage across the United States, so long as that marriage is legally recognized somewhere in the United States. 24 Democratic senators have declined to support the bill so far. Who are they?]]></description>
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		<title>9 Republicans Vote Against Homophobia</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/07/10/9-republicans-vote-against-homophobia/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/07/10/9-republicans-vote-against-homophobia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bob dold]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ileana Ros-Lehtinen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of the 239 Republican members of the House of Representatives, 227 voted in favor of this obstructionist amendment that seeks to prolong discrimination in an arm of the federal government.  9 Republicans, however, had the good sense to see Huelskamp's effort for what it was.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Christopher Lee Really Ought To Be Ashamed Of Himself</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/02/09/why-christopher-lee-really-ought-to-be-ashamed-of-himself/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/02/09/why-christopher-lee-really-ought-to-be-ashamed-of-himself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Lee shouldn't have resigned just because it appears that he had some extramarital sexual affairs.  Christopher Lee should have resigned from Congress because his extremist political agenda refused to recognize the marital rights and sexual legitimacy of other adult Americans.]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats Who Defend Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell Are Mostly Lame Ducks</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/16/house-democrats-who-defend-dont-ask-dont-tell-are-mostly-lame-ducks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of the 15 Democrats who crossed the aisle on the Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal, only six have managed to keep their seats.  That makes the anti-gay House Democrats a remarkably unsuccessful group.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay and Lesbian Backlash Against Democratic Inaction</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/01/gay-and-lesbian-backlash-against-democratic-inaction/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/01/gay-and-lesbian-backlash-against-democratic-inaction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 09:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year's donations by GLBT organizations and affiliated individuals to Democrats was less than half of what it was in 2006.  That's the first significant decline in GLBT funding in 20 years.]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Power Ignored By Claire McCaskill On Don&#8217;t Ask Don&#8217;t Tell</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/11/02/twitter-power-ignored-by-claire-mccaskill-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/11/02/twitter-power-ignored-by-claire-mccaskill-on-dont-ask-dont-tell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An online <a href="http://act.ly/petitions/tags/DADT">petition created on Act.ly</a> urged Senator McCaskill to support S. 3065, the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, but what happened to the petition?]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Folds, 19 Senators Stand Firm On Discrimination</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/10/13/obama-folds-19-senators-stand-firm-on-discrimination/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/10/13/obama-folds-19-senators-stand-firm-on-discrimination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eighteen Democrats and one independent from the United States have signed a letter urging the President and the Attorney General to return to a commitment to equality in the United States.  The letter asks Attorney General Eric Holder to allow the decision that Don't Ask Don't Tell is unconstitutional to stand.]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln Help GOP Kill Military Equality</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/09/21/mary-pryor-and-blanche-lincoln-help-gop-kill-military-equality/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/09/21/mary-pryor-and-blanche-lincoln-help-gop-kill-military-equality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blanche Lincoln is trailing badly behind Congressman <a href="http://thatsmycongress.com/house/repBoozmanAR3111.html">John Boozman</a>, in large part because her right-leaning agenda has alienated her from the progressive portion of Arkansas Democratic voters.  Her vote today against LGBT equality won't help her with that problem.]]></description>
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		<title>What Does Ike Skelton Tell 7 Year Olds About Heterosexuality?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/06/08/what-does-ike-skelton-tell-7-year-olds-about-heterosexuality/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/06/08/what-does-ike-skelton-tell-7-year-olds-about-heterosexuality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Ike Skelton ought to be worried about is what mommy and daddy are going to tell the 17 year-old child who comes to them and asks why the U.S. Congress is allowing the government to discriminate against people on the basis of private sexuality.]]></description>
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